...a bottle of wine and thou

Bridgeview Oregon Pinot Gris 2002

Price: $11 bottle
Type: Pinot Gris
Cork: elegant marbled grey artificial with name, phone, and website printed on it
Rating: 4

I find this plain white wine to be perfectly average. It's not one I'll seek out again. The slightly sweet aroma is very faint. The flavor itself is so watery you don't notice anything until the bitter aftertaste hits. It might as well not even be in your mouth.

So why am I giving it a 4 instead of a 1? Because while it's not good, it's also not actively bad. I've had wine that tasted like vinegar. This would make a slightly below average $3 glass of House White at your local Italian chain restaurant. It's inoffensive enough to get you drunk, if that's your goal for the evening. At $11 a bottle, I find it too pricy to use as a wine cooler base, though I might do so anyway just to finish off the bottle.

If you know someone who doesn't like the taste of wine, this actually might be a good selection. Honestly, until the aftertaste hits, the flavor is just one step removed from water.

posted by Chris Rachael Oseland at 9:52 PM